17.6LBS Washing Machine

I waited a few weeks to write a review so I could get plenty of use out of it first. My overall opinion is if you don't have a washer and dryer set for whatever reason you absolutely should get this! Especially if you are in a small space like I am. Pros: -Only takes 20 minutes run time (see cons), so even though you have to wash smaller loads, you can get quite a bit done in a reasonable amount of time. - Compact. I have it sitting in my kitchen/dining area, which is not big at all. You do have to make sure it is level, so be aware of that when planning where to put it. -MOSTLY quiet. (See cons.) -Comes with a water-filling hose and connection. I was originally holding it to my faucet (I don't have an adaptor, so I had to hold it) and it worked well enough, but honestly, filling up pitchers worked much better. -Works brilliantly on 2 gallons of water, so it doesn't take a lot per load. -EVERYTHING IS CLEAN! Cons: -Has about 5 seconds of noise and shaking at the very beginning and end of the dryer's cycle. Overall, this isn't really an issue for me, because it's such a short amount of time. -Does not completely dry. I have to hang my clothes up for a day before they are completely dry. However, it does dry MOST of the way. Much, MUCH more than I was expecting. -Getting the ratio of soap to water to clothes down takes practice, which is frustrating. -Having to have somewhere balanced for it to drain is kind of a pain, but easy enough to figure out. (I.e., it won't work in most bathtubs, because they tend to be slanted.) The drain hose works on gravity, so you have to be careful. Something to note: the instructions said powdered detergent, so I haven't been brave enough to try liquid in it yet. I do know you can use both a dryer sheet and the scent booster beads in it. Overall, I absolutely recommend it! I have been having to go to the laundromat and this thing has made my life so much easier. The money you spend on this will save you quite a bit in the long run.

Update: I have had this for a couple weeks now and figured out some "hacks" and tips. I place this in my tub and found no issue with that. I use our bathroom sponge to balance the machine and ease vibrations. I also went to my hardware store and bought a showerhead diverter, a 30-in 1/2" faucet supply hose, and a brass "barbed" adaptor. *Ensure these all connect in the store before purchase!* Sadly, 8 forgot the hose that came with the package, but I zip-tied it a couple times to get a decent seal. I always leave a little slack so any stray leaks don't get on the machine. Makes life easier just turning on the shower and filling/rinsing the machine this way. Cost of this was $30 but worth it! I am a 6'5" guy and I threw my back out filling the machine over and over. Plus, you can do a rinse and spin to get the suds out. With this machine, you must always think "less is more" and if it looks like enough, it's already too much. A decent load, to measure, is whatever can fit in the spin basket plus a one extra, light thing. When the wash cycle is going, you want to see a vortex... a whirlpool effect. If your clothes are floating and spinning at the top struggling to be washed, you've overloaded. Pull out items one by one until you get that whirlpool. You can spin and wash at the same time. The spinner drains regardless of the middle knob is set to drain, and if you overfill the wash tub it will drain whatever overflows. Plan this accordingly. Noise is compareble to an AC unit, and there are vibrations depending on where you place it and how level it is. I use a sponge balance and absorb some vibrations. Not fancy, but works. I reuse my hot water, topping off the wash tub each time. The water may look gross but it's fine as there's soap already in it. Dry cleaners reuse their chemical wash hundreds of times over and your clothes come out fine, plus you'll rinse it all. My whites come out whiter than the commercial washers too, so you're saving money and resources. I'm still very happy! *** Where do I start? Well, I have spent a good portion of the few weeks looking at portable washing solutions as my apartment does not have a washer set-up, and I got tired of using the public washers in my apartment community. All the coins needed, going back and forth, waiting for machines to open, ensuring I had enough quarters at the time, and the entire day had to be devoted to laundry more often than not. So, I shopped around, reading reviews and watching videos of different machines. This one stuck out as it's reasonably affordable and does a great job, according to reviews. I live in the Bay Area and this ships for Los Angeles, so I got it within a couple days (excluding a holiday and weekend). The box was in good shape and unclipped the ties. A whiff of "new plastic" and staring in awe, there it was, just as in the pictures. Unboxing was easy, unclip the ties and lift the top part off. A brand-new washer! I grabbed the instruction manual and flipped through it. As other have joked on here, it's in Engrish with such gems as "choke the dial" and "put staff not under." I tossed it aside because it's useless, most reviews give you the rundown. Here's mine, if you need it: Step 1: Place a splash of soap, no more than a heaping tablespoon's worth or the soap will take forever to rinse out. You don't need to measure, but just guess and be cautious. Step 2: Place clothing in machine, one item at a time. Sort your items keeping towels in one load, basics in another, denim in another, and so on. Fill the machine just over half full with basics. Towels and denim should be washed in smaller loads as they're heavier fabrics. Step 3: Ensure middle dial is set to "Normal" or "Soft" and fill with water. The "inlet hose" is useless out of the box as you need an adaptor that the manufacturer assumed you had. One end has a rubber gasket and the other end does not. The gasket end is the part that would go to an adaptor, the gasket-less end goes to the machine. Why? Because if you hook the gasket to the machine, it's harder than heck to get it off without nearly destroying the hose. During the inaugural load, I did not have an adaptor, so I filled the wash basin with a bucket. Fill just slightly over half-full, any more will splash out during the agitation cycle. Step 4: Check to see of the machine is plugged in. I forgot to do this and sat there confused. Turn the "Wash" dial to 15 minutes and the machine will hum to life. Let the machine do its thing and come back when it is done. It doesn't make any alarm when it's done, just so you know. Step 5: You may come back to, what I would describe as a burning smell. I was alarmed at first but nothing was wrong, it's "new motor smell." Turn the middle dial to drain and the water will come pouring out of the drain hose. There is no pump, so try to have the machine elevated or set in your bathtub. Step 6: Open the spinner basin and place a few items in, ensuring that it evenly loaded (about half of the wash load). Place the plastic insert in the bin on top of the laundry, close the lids. Is the middle dial still set to drain? Good. Leave it. Turn the "Spin" dial to 5. If you have the "inlet hose" hooked to an adaptor, this is where you can do a spin and rinse. If not, you can spin the suds out and wash again in clean water real fast, then repeat the spin. The machine will vibrate during the spin, and if it vibrates to a point where you think it is too much, stop the spin cycle and rearrange your items. Everything comes out damp, not wet. Like others have said: "About 90% dry." When putting away the machine, tilt it slightly toward the direction of the drainage hose to get the rest of the water out. I set the machine aside with the lids open as to prevent a musty smell in the future. I will say this: Don't overwhelm the machine. Do a couple washes and allow the machine to cool and rest for a couple hours, say, while your laundry is drying on a rack. If you overexert the machine, it will break. EEK! It's more for daily loads (every day or every other day) than for a single day of wash ("laundry day"). It's a great compact machine that gets your laundry as clean as most large washing machines. It takes a bit more effort on your part to tend to each load, but it's easier than running up and down flights of stairs, digging in the sofa for coins, and fighting over the next machine. I plan on finding a cart to place this on so I can store it easier, and find an adaptor that will fit the inlet hose. I will update this as time goes on. It's a really simple machine, gets the clothes clean, and I am saving some money from the get go compared to the few bucks it takes each wash in the laundromat.

I bought this machine about three and a half years ago. I do my laudry every week and that includes queen sized bedding and smaller blankets. I even do my bath robe a fuzzy housecoat. I have used this from the day I pulled it out if the box and it still performs like it did on day one. The washer side really beats the clothes clean and can handle a single person's weekly attire easily. Socks and underwear are a load, up to approx eight t-shirts, I usually do two hoodies or sweats together as a load. The spinner is something taken from a NASA lab. It's a damned centrifuge. It really spins and gets about 85% of the water out. After that I hang them for about an hour or two and they're compley dry. I have a small apartment so the size is perfect. I put it in my shower and drain it right there. It's super light, which is good because I'm terminal and loosing strength every day. Easy to run, light, cleans clothes well, has worked every weekend for three and a half years. This thing paid for itself in three months if I had to go to the laudry mat. It owes me nothing and I would buy another if it ever crapped out.

What I liked: it’s actually light and compact. It has a hose for the kitchen sink or bathroom sink but you need an adapter, I didn’t buy it but I just put it in the bathtub and filled it with the shower head (I have a long one) and it takes 3-5 mins to fill up. I add the detergent (I use TruEarth strips) or mainly for baby clothes to clean. I think that overall I would like to have a dryer option cause in the winter I can’t set a whole bunch of clothes quickly if I have to hang to dry - plus it’s winter now so I can’t use that, the clothes will be really hard haha. If you don’t mind that, and you want to save money on the dryer than this will definitely benefit you because the clothes water wringer works really good honestly. It’s not really loud either, likes average noise. And yes, the emptying of the dirty water is easier in the bath tub. Also, don’t forget to clean the filter inside the wash portion of the machine - lint in there. Overall, 4/5 because I personally can’t wait for the clothes to dry out and I can’t find a place to store it in my apartment cause of all the other things I have (like baby toys etc) but I’d still high recommend it!

I like this product because it does wash more in each mode, seems bigger than my old portable washer. You need very little detergent, can likely get away with 1/2 tbsp or 1 tsp. Otherwise, the speed of agitation leaves it very foamy. If that happens, I can take items out and spin for a minute, put back in the washing side. NEVER RINSE CLOTHES IN THE SPIN SIDE. I wrecked two machines this way, floods the motor so it cannot drain. If you need a rinse, rinse in the washing side. I don't care what you see or hear. Also, good idea to give the motor a break and don't run on 15 mins all the time, 9 mins is good and 6 mins for softener or rinse cycle. If heavily stained, short cycles mixed with soaking will work very well. I usually start out at 9 mins, let soak for 30 mins and agitate couple more times for 5 mins while it soaks again. Pros are that this is a light machine, has strong agitation and lint catcher. I can wash a lot of cloths in there and can wash fleece bed blankets, I sleep on a full bed size. Blankets do agitate BUT you should make sure blankets drape over the side to allow draining and you would need a bigger spin dryer as this one does not spin bigger blankets. I have a larger Panda spin dryer that spins the blankets. Take care of the motor with breaks will make it last longer and never use water to rinse stuff in the spinner, just the wash side, should last quite a while. Couple of updates, I do not mind the speed of the washer, if washing clothes they are put in a mesh bag or done in my other washer, otherwise the fast agitation means I require less soap put in. I put probably 1/4 of the level one shown on the cap for my tide. Less than ideal was the fact that even with lint filters, the one that comes with the machine and a couple of the floating ones, quite a bit of gunk went down the drain causing a couple of days of agressive plunging. Other issue with the filter in the machine, the mesh is coming unattached from the machine. I have stitched up the mesh and stitched to the holder and clipped back in. Going to keep water mostly below the machine's lint filter and rely on floating lint filters, I have attached zipties to reinforce the floating lint filters and they work fine as the foam head likes to fall off without all the reinforcement. Will also get something to collect the gunk at end of hose. I also keep drain more clear with hot but not boiling water.

Let me start off by saying this thing does NOT supply heat - the dryer works by spinning. Additionally, anything thats high in lint WILL fill the lint trap faster, and get lint on your other clothes. You may not want to use brand new linty filled fabrics in this thing, do a few loads in a normal machine first to get some of it off, perhaps. I have been using this for my baby's clothes and linens and it's been a game changer. I don't worry about others' toxic detergents building up on her stuff and it hangs to dry fairly quickly. I have yet to use cloth diapers with this, but I already know the spin dryer will work well - you can turn cloth diapers inside out and have the waterproof lining inwards, so the spin cycle will pull out water and excess debris. This machine also gets stains out pretty well. BUT BE WARNED - if you presoaked something to get stains out, like with dish detergent and oil on clothes - rinse it out well before putting it in here. Even a tablespoon of soap is almost too much for this machine, so go easy on the soap. IDK if this happened with others, but my water inlet on one side was blocked, so when I went to use it, water splashed up and went all over the top of the machine - bad because there's wires underneath that section! Double check that water is able to flow with a funnel and a cup or something before attempting to jet water through the inlet. Due to my defect, they refunded me so I could replace the mini hose inside the part, so their customer service is pretty good, too. Is this a perfect machine? No. Is this a pretty great machine? Yes. I recommend for those with babies and communal laundry facilities.

this little machine is great for small spaces. However, I’m in the process of returning it and getting my money back simply because the dryer does not dry your clothes at all. I live in a one bedroom apartment with a very small bathroom. There is nowhere for me to hang dry my clothes and drying them outside is not an option seeing as I live in one of the coldest cities in Canada. The machine does an amazing job at washing the clothes and getting out all the grime, but when it comes to drying it sucks. The max time that you can set on the dryer it’s five minutes. I’ve never had clothes dry for five minutes and come out even somewhat damp. My clothes were soaked. Even after I had continuously reset the five minute timer over a span of 45 minutes, my clothes were still wet. I’m really hoping that my return goes through otherwise I’m out $270. Another thing I’ll mention is that The plug is extremely short and I needed to use an extension cord in order to have it sit in my bathtub while it was doing its thing. One last thing, mine came damaged at the back but thankfully it didn’t affect the washer. it also leaks if you try to move it at all while there is still water in the washer. I highly suggest looking for a different washer/dryer of this kind unless you live somewhere where you can hang dry your clothes.